Talc is a naturally occurring, soft silicate mineral that is mined from the earth. Its chemical name is hydrous magnesium silicate. In finely powdered form, talc absorbs moisture well and helps cut ...

LIBBY, Mont. — An asbestos screening clinic in a small Montana town where thousands have been sickened by toxic dust from a nearby mine has been abruptly shuttered by authorities following a court ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The agency wants to determine whether the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — An asbestos screening ...

(NewsNation) — The Environmental Protection Agency, earlier this week, told a federal appeals court it will reconsider the Biden administration’s ban on the last type of asbestos used in the United ...

Detroit, Michigan, Signs warn of asbestos danger where a house was demolished. The house had been heavily damaged by fire a year earlier and was a neighborhood eyesore.. (Photo by: Jim ...